Eden reed



BED TING RAILS 0F SASHES.

(No Model.)

FASTENER FOR T Patented Aug. 27 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDEN REED, OF sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR oE ONE-HALF TO ISIDOREsIMoN', E sAME PLACE. I

FASTENER FOR THE MEETING-RAILS OF SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 410,115, dated August2'7, 1889. Application filed March 7, 1889.} Serial No.302,286 (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDEN REED, of the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in CombinedSash-Fasteners and Anti- Rattlers, of which the following is a full,clear,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a sash-fastener thatboth locks the sash andtightens it at the meeting bar and against the window-frame to preventrattling; and the invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is an elevation of a window-frame and double sash with myfastener and antirattler device attached. Fig. II is ahorizontal sectiontaken on line- II III, Fig. I, and shows two of my sash-fastenerssecured to the meeting cross-bar of the upper sash, one of them in itsoperative position engaging with the locking-plate on the lower sash andthe other one in its inoperative open position. Fig. III is a like viewtaken on line II III, Fig. I, and shows a single sash-fastener securedto the middle of the meeting cross-bar of the upper sash and engagingwith its locking-plate on the lower sash. Fig. IV is an enlargedperspective view of the locking thumb-screw, its pivotal link bar, andbracket attachment. Fig. V is an enlarged perspective View of thelocking-plate with which said screw engages. Fig. VI is an enlargedperspective view of a modification, and shows the overlap-plate of thebracket to the locking attachment, having a side instead of rearconnection with the base of the bracket beneath; and Fig. VII is anenlarged vertical section taken on line VII VII, and shows theattachment and operation of the locking device in connection with themeeting bars of-the sash on which it operates.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the window-frame, in which thelower sash 2 and the upper sash 3 is inclosed. 4 are the bevelfacedmeeting cross-bars of said sash, the meeting face 5 of the lower sashbeing overhung and the meeting face 6 of the upper sash being underhung,so that the action of the lock-screw, when operative, as will be morefully herein after described, tightens said meeting joint.

7 is the glass inclosed in said sash, 8 the partingbeads between the twosashes,and 9 the outer stop-beads, between which andthe parting-beadsthe upper sash works.

Vertical grooves 10 in the upper sash provide seats for theparting-beads, so that said beads do not project in the way of theadjacent sash. I have shown and described the vertical grooves 10, inwhich the partingbeads 5 are seated in the upper sash; but said groovesmay, when preferred, be countersunk in the lower sash, and will thusworkequally well, and in either case the countersink groove is to besufficiently recessed to allow free play on the parting'bead under thetightening of the bevel-faces of the meeting bar by the operation of thelocking-screw.

11 are the vertical stop-beads within which the lower sash slides, and12 the horizontal stops that connect said vertical ones at top andbottom, which stops and other beads are all secured inside thewindow-frame by any suitable means.

that is secured to the meeting bar of the upper sash by the screw14,which passes through the countersink hole 15 in the pendent flange 27of the bracket, and engages in said meeting-bar of the upper sash. Themetalbracket has a snrmounting overlap-plate 16, which is made integralto the base-plate of said bracket by the coupling-connection 17, that iscast or otherwise connected integral with the other parts of thebracket.

18 represents a pivot-screw that engages in its perforate seat 19 inboth the overlap and base plate of the bracket 13, and which screwprovides a pivotal hold of the link-bar 20, which works in said bracketin the intervening space between the overlap 16 and the base of saidbraek et,the screw passing through a perforation 21 in said link-bar.

2 represents the locking-screw, which ongages in and passes through aperforate screw 23 in the free end of the link-bar. The saidlocking-screw is normally set, so that when the sashes are closed andthe link-bar 20 is thrown round until it assumes a direct forwardposition from the bracket that carries it the lower endof said screwslides on the top of and engages with the locking-plate 24:, which issecured to the top of the meeting bar of the lower sash by thecountersunk screw 25, over which said locking-screw freely passes in itstravels, and by the round-headed or other-shaped projecting screw 26,the head of which acts as a buffer to limit the further progress of thelocking-screw. 28 is a proj ecting flange that surmounts thelocking-plate inside the track of the lockingscrew. 29 is.

a perforation in the head of the locking-screw. The bracket,locking-screw, and lockingplate, when two fastenings are used, as ispreferable in wide windows, are secured to the meeting cross-bars of thesash near the stiles thereof, as shown in Figs. I and II. When only onefastening is used, which alone is necessary with narrow windows, thesaid fastening devices are secured to the middle of the meeting crossbars of the sash, as shown in Fig. III. In Fig. V1 is shown amodification of the bracket, in which the.couplingconnection 17 of theoverlap surmounting-plate 16, with the base of the bracket, is locatedon the side of said bracket instead of at its rear, as in the otherfigures. The part 17 in this modification acts as a butter to limit theturn of the lockin g-screw, and therefore there need be no projectingbuffer-head on the screw 26 when this modification of the bracket isused.

In operation the locking-screw is set so that its lower end registerstight with the upper surface of the locking-plate, when the pivotalbar20, with said screw it carries, is turned around into its operativelocking position. The window is thereby securely locked. Now, if it isdesired to use the invention as an anti-rattler, all that is required isto turn the locking screw or screws fart-her around, which will forcethe lower sash down tight against the basement of the frame, andsimultaneously force the upper sash up tight against the top of saidframe, and at the same time the overhung bevel-edge of the meetingcrossbar of the lower sash as it descends and the underhung bevel-edgeof the adjacent meeting bar of the upper sash as it ascends by theoperation of the locking-screw are tightly pressed against each other,so that the two sections of the sash are rigidly held together andforcibly pressed against the frame, both above and below, so that it isimpossible for the windows to rattle, and air-tight joints are providedboth above and below between the sash and the frame, and also at themeeting cross-bar joint.

- The perforations 29 in the heads of the locking-screws form convenientholds for any suitable instrument, by the insertion of which aconvenient leverage is obtained to turn the locking-screws, when it isdesired to exert ex tra force for tightening the pressure at thejunction of' the meeting crossbars and that of the top and bottomcrossbars of the sash against the window-frame.

The surmounting projecting flange 28, around which the lower end of thelockingscrew traverses, insures a firm coupling of the upper to thelower sash, even should the stop-beads be removed by intended burglars.

The said projection also guards the point of v the locking-screw againstthe act-ion of the burglars tools.

I claim as my invention In a combined sashfastener and anti-rat-' tler,the combination of the metal bracket 13, having a downturned flange 27,secured to the meeting bar of the upper sash, said bracket being alsoprovided with an overlapping plate 16, the pivoted link-bar 20, thepivot-screw 18, on which the link 20 turns, the locking-screw carried bysaid link-bar, the locking-plate 24, secured to the meeting bar ofthelower sash, the screw 26, passing through plate 24- and having abuffer-head to limit the swing of the link-bar and locking-screw itcarries, and the surmounting flange 28 of the locking-plate, around theoutside of which the locking-screw traverses, substantially as setforth.

' EDEN REED.

In presence of- BENJN. A. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT.

